“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...

It may sound strange, but whale excrement plays a critical role in fertilizing the ocean! Packed with iron and essential nutrients, whale poop helps stimulate plankton growth, which supports ...

A Newfoundland man made news with his creative photography of a dead sperm whale this week, but one whale expert says the ...

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop, increasing the density of plants on islands. Animals form the circulatory system of the planet—and whales are the ...

Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop, increasing the density of plants on islands. Animals form the circulatory system of the planet—and whales are ...